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| Inventory photo | Photo taken June 14, 2015 |
The following is from the Historic Buildings Inventory as revised in 1986:
This two-story Colonial Revival house has the traditional symmetrical, central-hall plan. The fan lights in the gable end and the chimney are quite well detailed.
As a letter-perfect example of its period revival style, this typifies the use of reminiscence as the basis for a good deal of residential construction in the city from the mid-twenties through the mid-forties, especially south of Professorville and in the Seale Addition.
It first was owned and occupied by Mrs. Pansy Baker (widow of Cleveland Baker) (1929 - 1939). From 1944 to 1967, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman L. Crary owned the home. Mrs. Crary was Elizabeth Thomas, whose childhood home had been the Hoskins Residence a half-block away on Lincoln Avenue; Mr. Crary was a steel corporation executive. The house served as a rental at the time of the Inventory; the owners were Lloyd and Shirley West.
[The architect / builder] Ralph Follmer, according to his son Frank, had had architectural training, and, unless his client had an architect, designed the buildings he constructed.
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This house was built in 1927 and is a Category 4 on the Historic Buildings Inventory. The architect / builder was Ralph Follmer. The property measures 75 by 115 feet.
Sources: Palo Alto City Directories; Palo Alto Times 11/2/27, 11/10/27; interivew 1986 Ralph Follmer
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